Natural hazards · Pease

Pease, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pease comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 148 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Pease?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pease to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Pease faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Pease flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Pease, from FEMA’s records.

148paid claims since 1978

$3.2Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 42 claims, $1.6M

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Pease isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Belmont County.

Disasters that hit Pease

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Pease itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Pease.

Brought FEMA money into PeaseDeclared for Belmont County only

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$616K to the Township of Pease for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$1.4M to the Township of Pease for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$97K to the Township of Pease for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$305K to the Township of Pease for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$437K to the Township of Pease for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$23K to the Township of Pease for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$23K to the Township of Pease for repairs

Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Pease

Pease and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Martins Ferrymostly inland floodingVery high

Peasemostly inland floodingVery high

Wheelingmostly inland floodingVery high

Bridgeportmostly inland floodingVery high

Yorkvillemostly inland floodingVery high

Colerainmostly inland floodingVery high

Warrenmostly inland floodingVery high

Pultneymostly inland floodingHigh

Neffsmostly inland floodingHigh

Mount Pleasantmostly inland floodingModerate

Richlandmostly inland floodingVery low

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Pease covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pease’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Pease. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Pease total about $8.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.